Save Time This Year with My HUGE Bundle of Bundles!


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If someone were to ask me to choose a favorite library skills TpT product that I have made over the years, I probably would go with a cop out answer like “they are like my children…I can’t pick a favorite!”

With that in mind, let me introduce you to my HUGE Bundle of Bundles for the Library / Media Center, which is just what it sounds like – a HUGE bundle of library goodness. It’s all of my library bundles, plus a few other great library products, all in one gigantic download. If I HAD to choose a favorite library skills TpT resource of mine, I’d go with this one. It contains a total of 27 products I have made over the years…so I like it approximately 27 times more than any one of my individual products. 😊

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A Variety Pack of Library Learning

I personally use something from this bundle in my own school library almost every week. From coloring pages to center activities to worksheets, there is something for everyone in this treasure chest, and having so many options all in one spot can really save you time as you plan your library lessons!

The printable worksheets cover topics including book care, fiction and nonfiction, alphabetical order, dictionaries, encyclopedias, author and illustrator, biographies, arranging fiction and nonfiction books, library behavior, and more. Librarians who have purchased this bundle have commented on the assortment of activities, including Kelley, who stated in her TpT feedback, “There are so many wonderful resources included in this bundle! It seems like no matter what I am covering, there is something in here I can use!” I was also thrilled when Cheryl, a TpT customer who purchased this product, recently left the following review: “These library skills sheets have become an indispensable part of my library classes for Kindergarten-2nd grade.” It has been so great to hear that my product is a go-to in these school libraries!

Games and Centers to Increase Engagement

Sometimes you need to mix things up with a new game or center activity for your class…and this bundle of resources delivers! One favorite from the bunch is my Nonfiction Pizza activity, which helps students learn about the nonfiction section of the library, all while building an adorable pizza. It’s a favorite among my fourth grade students each year!

Another activity your students will enjoy in this Bundle of Bundles is my set of call number puzzles, which give kids practice with arranging fiction and nonfiction books in the order they would be found on the library shelves. This center activity adds a little extra fun to the process, however, because as kids arrange the call numbers, they are building a puzzle that displays a fascinating fact about an animal.

assembled puzzle depicting a squirrel that reads, "Did you know? Squirrels have sweat glands on their feet" with call numbers on the bottom of each piece of the puzzle.
Call Number Puzzles, available in the HUGE Bundle of Bundles for the Library / Media Center, are a fun and engaging library activity.

Those are just two of the centers and activities available in this comprehensive resource!


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It’s not too late to add this bundle to your collection and get 27 resources all in one place at an awesome discount. I believe this resource will be a game changer for you in your new school year!


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Back-to-School Book Care with The Book That Jake Borrowed

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Don’t you just LOVE those first few library lessons of the year? Getting to meet new students and see the sweet faces of returning students is *priceless*!

During the past couple of years, I have included The Book That Jake Borrowed by Susan Kralovansky as one of my first read alouds for my first and second graders. Reminiscent of the classic tale “The House that Jack Built,” this story has a “library book care” twist that makes it wonderful for little library learners. It tells the story of the misadventures of a book that a boy named Jake checked out from the library. Unfortunately, Jake does NOT take good care of the book he has borrowed. Throughout the course of the story, the library book has run-ins with a dog, a cat, a rat, and some jelly!


The kids really enjoy this book because it includes great moments for them to join in with me as I read. The students LOVE yelling out, “Oh no!” and making animal noises throughout the story.

To make the interactive aspect of the story even more fun, I created little “cue cards” to help make the students aware of when it is their turn to say their lines. I select five “helpers” to stand with me as I’m reading the story, and I cue each of them to hold up their sign when it’s time for the students in the class to say their line. The helpers AND all the other students always find this read aloud SO MUCH FUN!

You can visit Susan Holt Kralovansky’s website for free resources to go with the story…

and I have created a FREE DOWNLOAD FOR YOU that contains the cue cards I use with my students as well as a word search to go with The Book That Jake Borrowed!

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(Btw, if you are teaching your students about book care, I also recommend the following book care coloring pages, available in my Teachers Pay Teachers store. This has been one of my most popular products this Back to School season!)

Book Care Coloring Pages, available in my TpT store!

And, for more book care resources, please go ahead and visit one of my previous posts, where I have another book care freebie for you!

I wish you an amazing new school year! (And … I wish that no that library books that have had any interaction with dogs, cats, rats, or jelly are returned to your library!)

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Fiction vs. Nonfiction Freebie!

Approximately 99.9340394% of primary teachers and elementary librarians spend at least a little time going over the difference between fiction and nonfiction. A similar percentage of children LOVE robots.

So I decided to switch up one of my usual lessons in my “fiction vs. nonfiction” unit this year in kindergarten library class and go with a robot theme. Our read aloud for one of the days was part of a nonfiction book about robots, and one of the accompanying activities was a robot-themed coloring page that compares fiction and nonfiction.

It was a hit!

And here’s that printable…for you…for FREE!

Enjoy! For more resources for your library littles, please visit my TpT store!


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Fall is in Full Swing in the School Library!

Happy Fall to all you autumn enthusiasts out there! A lot of people seem to LOVE this season, but as for me, I’m typically not really into fall. I am the first to admit that I’m a wimp, so I can’t really handle any spooky, icky Halloween stuff, AND I’m not a fan of cooler weather paired with shorter days.

Of course, on the bright side, fall means I do occasionally get to eat apple crisp…AND I get to make jack-o’-lanterns out of library books.

(A shout out to all the creative librarians out there whose book display designs have brightened my day by showing up on my Pinterest feed, including Sunnyvale Public Library, iworkatapubliclibrary.com and Swiss Army Librarian. Thanks for sharing your ideas and inspiring me to make my own book pumpkin.) 🙂

And this year, I can add one more thing to autumn’s “YAY!” column: I get to make fall-themed products for my Teachers Pay Teachers store.

So far, I’ve created two autumn-themed products…

Fall-Themed Library Skills Worksheets for Grades K-2

Cover artwork for this product is by Krista Wallden and gradeonederful.com

My K-2 Library Skills pack includes printable worksheets to go along with your library lessons on ABC order, library behavior and etiquette, caring for library books, what is an illustrator?, and using a title page.

My personal favorite worksheet in the pack is this one, which asks students to color good book care choices yellow and bad book care choices orange, resulting in a jack-o’-lantern.

Fall-Themed Library Skills Resources for Grades 3-5

Cover artwork for this product is by gradeonederful.com

For your upper elementary students, I just completed this packet of resources that you can use with your lessons on parts of a book, arranging fiction books, and making a Works Cited page in MLA format.

(Update 04/07/18: If you are interested in both of those resources, they are now available at a reduced rate, along with my Veterans Day Activities, in my Library Skills Bundle for Fall.)

Feel free to snuggle up, enjoy a pumpkin-flavored treat, and check out my fall products and everything else at my TpT store! 🙂